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The history of the current St. Antonius Church in Kortenhoef begins on March 28, 1879, the date of the letter in which the Archbishop of Utrecht, Mgr. Schaepman, authorized the church board to tender the construction of a new church and parsonage. The church had to be built according to the drawing and specifications that architect Alfred Tepe in Utrecht had presented to the Archbishop. The church had to replace a barn church from 1810 (formerly a coach house). It became a neo-Gothic hall church with a tower, which would be provided with diagonal buttresses and four niches in each facade surface of the bell floor.

Late, large neo-Gothic church with a large tower placed on the side. Nicknamed "Cathedral of the Low". This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua. Simple single-nave cruciform church in Gothic forms, built in 1921 after a design by J. Etmans. Internal wooden barrel vault. The church is protected because of the organ with two manuals and attached pedal. Made in 1829 by W. Beekes for the Roman Catholic Station in Breukelen. In 1950 moved to De Hoef. Restored in 1991 by the Elbertse company in Soest.

Neo-Gothic church with roofer. Built as the second R.K. Church in Dordrecht, after the neoclassical St. Boniface church in the inner city. After dereception, in 1974, of the St. Boniface church received the church in question, and parish, called "H.H. Antony and Boniface." Almost like central construction (for various austerity of the original, larger design) founded neo-Gothic church. A designed tower is never built; at the intersection a small celebration tower. Over the 1920s and 1930s, the interior has been gradually further decorated with many interesting details. Damaged in war acts on 12 May 1940. After that, this church was restored with a lower roof than the original, but again with a roof window; the interesting space of the interior, with brick vaults, has remained intact. Architecturally, this church is, especially in terms of interior layout, somewhat similar to the (although much larger and higher, more monumental) former R.K. The Church of H.H. Engelbe OC op de la dors on the Brandtstraat in The Hague, also demolished in 1981, also by architect Nicolaas Molenaar (1850-1930).

Iconic modern church with high tower, height approx. 60 m. Built to replace the neo-Gothic predecessor destroyed in the Second World War . Hall church with free-standing openwork concrete bell tower. Important (still existing) work from the oeuvre of JJ Fanchamps (1912-1982). Modern glazing by W. Peeters from the year 2000. Stations of the Cross from the former church of Our Lady of the Carmel Mountain in Schaesberg-Leenhof.

This Roman Catholic Church is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua. The church building is a tall building with a short tower and a three-sided choir closure. The building was put into use in 1866. In the chancel there are two stained glass windows: one depicts Saint Anthony, the other Andreas Woutersz. van Heinenoord, one of the 19 Martyrs of Gorcum. In 2016, attention was paid to the 150th anniversary of this church. In the context of this anniversary, the stained glass windows were restored. The necessary money for this was donated in the course of 2016. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

Characteristic small neo-Romanesque hall church with tower next to the choir, designed by Jos. Margry (1888-1982). Church, parish and the development village were founded at the beginning of the twentieth century. The church was restored in 2005. Until the arrival of a church, residents of Loosbroek were dependent on the church in Heeswijk. In 1898, chaplain De Groot was commissioned by Bishop Wilhelmus van de Ven to establish a parish and a church. After acquiring land from residents of Heeswijk Castle, a temporary church was built in the village that same year, which had to be rebuilt again in 1902 due to its poor condition. In the same year, construction began on a full-fledged church designed by architect Jos Margry. To finance the construction, the parish received a donation from the Antoniusfonds, whereby the church had to be dedicated to Antonius van Padua. The church was consecrated in 1912. The church is built as a hall church and has neo-Romanesque elements. The church tower, with an octagonal spire between four gables, stands next to the nave of the church. In the side gable are placed round windows with bifora underneath. Behind the church is the parsonage. In the church is a relic of Saint Donatus and an attempt was made to make the church a small place of pilgrimage. Donatus also appears in statues and candles in the church.

The neo-Romanesque St. Antonius Church, as we know it today, was built in 1873-1875 as a replacement for the former barn church. The church was consecrated on 12 September 1875. At the end of the Second World War, the 63 m tower was blown up by the Germans, a large part of the church was destroyed. The church was then rebuilt in 1948 in neo-Romanesque style, without a tower. In the church there is a model of the church in all its glory, with the tower as it was the landmark of Lepelstraat until October 1944.

Extremely important, unique, fantastic church with dome and double tower front. Church building, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, built in the 1910s in close connection with buildings and grounds of the Biblical Open Air Museum, now Museum Orientalis, on the Holy Land Foundation. The church is considered one of the main works from the oeuvre of architect Jan Stuyt (1868-1934).

The church originated from a clandestine church . This was served by Franciscan fathers and was located from 1641 at the back of the current church in the house "Moyses" on the Jodenbreestraat , where a statue of Moses hung on the facade. In 1682, the adjacent house "Aäron" ( Aäron ) was also purchased by Dr. Johannes de Vroom, a physician from Breda.